Town Of Coldwater, MS
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.3 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Town Of Coldwater at a glance
Town Of Coldwater serves about 1,381 people through 781 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Tate County, Mississippi. EPA system ID: MS0690002; phone on file: 662-622-7241. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.3 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Coldwater is 1.3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0.8 ppb |
How Town Of Coldwater compares
Of the 973 Mississippi systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 9 are over 15 ppb right now and 44 have gone over at some point. Town Of Coldwater's 1.3 ppb sits at the 62nd percentile in Mississippi and the 60th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Tate County
8 other systems share Tate County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of Coldwater. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Senatobia | 8,354 | 1 ppb |
| Strayhorn W/A-Crockett | 2,801 | 0.7 ppb |
| Looxahoma Water Association | 792 | 1.7 ppb |
| Cottonville-Savage W/A Inc. | 498 | 1.4 ppb |
| Arkabutla Water Association | 454 | 1.1 ppb |
| Oakdale Estates And Lake Suente | 135 | 1.6 ppb |
| Crestfield Water Association | 74 | 0.3 ppb |
| Hidden Valley Light Assn | 61 | 1.4 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Coldwater, MS may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Town Of Coldwater whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.